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I will of course let Zeev speak for himself, but I don't think you have read many of his posts on the subject.
Bush and Blair have outlined a roadmap for peace between the palestinians and the Israelis that meets the minimum requirements of the pressure on both of them by the arabs and europeans to force Israel to make concessions to the palestinians supposedly in order to gain peace. It may have a chance of working, but I personally doubt it because the palestinians do not want peace, they want the elimination of Israel.
Sharon has a different set of responsibilities, and the foremost of those is the protection of the State of Israel. He will accede to the wishes of the United States, Britain, and the rest of the world only to the extent that he does not feel it threatens the safety of Israel too much. He understands that the sine qua non for the arabs as a whole and especially the palestinians is the elimination of the State of Israel so he will not just cave in to "world opinion." He will want the palestinians to show good faith before granting them any form of statehood and I suspect he will insist that the statehood itself be limited to begin with and he will reserve the right (perhaps in private agreements) that if statehood does not end the terrorism against Israel then Israel will again take the areas over and invalidate that statehood. That is as it should be.
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"And you think Palis dont deserve a homeland but the Kurds do???"
The oft stated goal of the palestinians is the elimination of Israel, so no - they do not deserve statehood unless and until they are willing to live in peace with Israel.
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